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The Israeli government announced a major initiative to push the
nation's drivers toward electric cars on Monday, a move meant to both
lessen dependence on foreign oil and address the environmental and
health hazards of gas-burning vehicles.
It is not the first time a government has tried to promote electric cars on a mass scale. A 1990 California mandate requiring automakers to sell zero-emissions vehicles famously flopped. But the Israeli attempt is far more sophisticated than anything that precedes it. It aligns policy makers and a major car company with an outfit prepared to build hundreds of thousands of electric charging stations across the country. In an interview with TIME, Israeli President Shimon Peres called the project, "an experimental lab, a pilot project, before it's applied to other, bigger industrialized nations."
In 1989, the world witnessed one of the worst environmental disasters in history: the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. More than 30 million gallons of crude oil were spilled, affecting the community and livelihood of the people of Prince William Sound.
In real life, Evonne Heyning is an all-around creative guru. Artist, filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and humanitarian, she heads AMO Studio and Amoration, a nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles that uses the creative arts in digital and real-life environments for social change. Since 2005, she has explored Second Life for her work, a virtual world created by Linden Lab with over 3 million users from all over the world. There Evonne flies as the green fairy avatar In Kenzo. Though she has changed her appearance in Second Life, the core of her work stays the same: creativity using all that tools available for social change.